Sure, if we say the nouns Waris and Ahluwalia together right now, you'd think, 'oh, the Sikh who was stopped from boarding a flight in America because of his turban. Yaa yaa, I know about him'.

Well, you don't. Not what we're about to tell you. The man who has now come to be known as the sound-minded Sikh who said, "Fear is an opportunity to educate," has been around for a few years now. He was headed to the New York Fashion Week for a reason, you know. For those of you who don't know, he has been on the fashion and film scene in the US for a few years now, having modelled for a number of high-fashion brands like GAP.

And surprise, surprise--the Aeromexico incident is not the first time he's faced racial discrimination, which is probably why he's handled the whole thing #LikeABoss!

Here's pretty much everything you need to know about him:

1) Waris was born in Amritsar in 1974. He moved to New York City at the age of 5.

2) He started his career as a jewellery designer, and went on to tie up with designers Prabal Gurung and Bibhu Mohapatra to create his own fashion label called 'House of Waris'. The brand produces exclusive designs that have been inspired by Ahluwalia's visits to Rajasthan and Rome.

3) In 2010, Ahluwalia was placed on Vanity Fair's Best Dressed List, anointed British GQ's second best dressed man internationally and included in Vogue's 10 Most Impactful people list.

4) Ahluwalia made headlines in 2013 as the first Sikh man in a national Gap ad campaign. When his Gap ad ran, many of the billboards featuring Ahluwalia were vandalized with racist graffiti.

5) Ahluwalia's first film was The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) by Wes Anderson. It also starred Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Huston and Cate Blanchett. Ahluwalia also played a short role in Wes Anderson's critically acclaimed, The Grand Budapest Hotel.

6) His other works in Hollywood include the Inside Man (starring Denzel Washington, Clive Owen and Jodie Foster) and The Darjeeling Limited (starring Owen Wilson and Adrien Brody).

7) His most recent movie, Beeba Boys, was directed by Deepa Mehta and also starred Randeep Hooda. It released on October 16, 2015.

8) He also starred in a couple of small-screen shows, namely The Unusuals and The Carrie Diaries.

9) Ahluwalia took part in a 500-km auto rickshaw race across India, with his racing partner Adam, to raise money and awareness for the endangered Asian elephant, in November 2015.